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Nations and Nationalism, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Separatist nationalism often persists in divided minority regions where internal factions struggle to agree on governance models, perpetuating conflict and political tension. This article examines the key structural and situational factors driving these divisions in Corsica, focusing on economic dependencies that shape divergent approaches to ...
Durukan Imrie‐Kuzu, Saliha Metinsoy
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Urban Floods, Clientelism, and the Political Ecology of the State in Latin America
, 2020 In this article, we examine the coproduction of hazardous urban space and new formations of clientelist state governance. Work on hazards and vulnerability frequently demonstrates how hazardous urban spaces are produced, but a critical understanding of ...
R. Coates, Anja Nygren
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Nations and Nationalism, EarlyView.ABSTRACT While electoral support in deeply divided societies is expected to follow segmental lines, parties often attract substantial backing from outside their core constituencies. This article examines why voters in Belgium's Brussels‐Capital Region—a consociational system designed to enable the peaceful cohabitation of the French and Dutch language ...
Benjamin Blanckaert +2 more
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European Review of Latin American and Caribbean Studies, 2009 This article examines the recent behaviour in Argentina of two national protest groups of socalled ‘piqueteros’ or picketers (impoverished unemployed individuals who used the blockage of strategic roads and bridges to force government concessions) that ...
Edward C. Epstein
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Between and Beyond: Negotiating Belonging Within Queer Borderlands
Nations and Nationalism, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Belonging is an affective, social and biopolitical phenomenon which is relationally negotiated and which produces material and symbolic ‘borders’. Subsequently, the politics of belonging refers to the construction, maintenance and policing of the borders of belonging.
Meg Poff
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Why Is Participation Low in Referendums? Lessons from Latin America
Latin American Research ReviewWhether referendums, initiatives, and other mechanisms of direct democracy enhance representative systems is a matter of debate. Skeptics note—among other criticisms—that turnout tends to be low in referendums, often lower than in candidate elections in ...
Eli Gavin Rau +2 more
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Replication Data for: Informal Work, Risk and Clientelism: Evidence from 223 Slums Across India
, 2022 Emily Rains
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Who accepts electoral clientelism? The role of personality traits in Romania [PDF]
, 2023 Sergiu Gherghina, Raluca LUȚAI
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Brazil's Public Administration and the Challenge of New Democracies: Promoting Social Inclusion
Public Administration Review, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Brazil's public administration (PA) has sought to strengthen democratic governance through an emphasis on social inclusion. Since democratization in 1988, reforms have aimed to address entrenched inequalities along with decentralization and professionalism spurring innovations in social inclusion.
Evan M. Berman +7 more
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Leaving no one behind: Party clientelism in social welfare in Serbia [PDF]
Anali Pravnog Fakulteta u BeograduThis article analyzes the functioning of party patronage and clientelism in the centers for social work. Building on previous research, based on qualitative research conducted in 2023 in Serbia, we examine parasitic relations of informal and formal ...
Vuković Danilo, Stefanović Marija
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